My wedding went perfect and I really have no complaints. I did higher a DOC which was a friend of the family who is in school to be an event planner so anything that happened the day of I was not aware of and was glad that we hired a DOC. In my opinion it was worth every penny! I planned our wedding and did everything up until the day myself and just had her there to deal with the vendors, to keep the flow of the reception and to help with the set up/clean up so we didnt have to have our family worry about that.
Photographer
Clinton with Brentwood Photography ~ A+
Clinton is awesome! We met with him in person before the wedding and I called and emailed him with any questions up until the day before the wedding. The has a great personality and is a very outgoing person. You can see from his photos that he knows how to have a good time with people and to capture those moments. All of our guests have mentioned to us as well how much they liked him and even though he was very professional he managed to have a great time with all the guests as well. Which I think is great to help keep people feeling relaxed so they can enjoy themselves and not feel like there is some random person there just to take pictures.
Videographer
The videographer was good. I honestly barely noticed him. We are still waiting on our DVD so I can not give them an honest grade until I have seen it. I cant remember the company off the top of my head. H is the one who scouted them out and hired them so I will let you know the company when I have the DVD and full review.
Florist
Scott with Apple Blossom ~ A+++
Scott is amazing! I really can't even begin to go into how much we loved him. Scott was always willing to meet with us whenever. We originally met with him atleast a year before the wedding to get an idea of his work and the price range. After we hired him we met with him again to go over the colors for the flowers and the details. He was very willing to work with our ideas and budget. Thankfully he was just down the road from my house and I managed to stop by a few times the week or two before the weeding to ask a few last mintue questions, to drop off the vases we purchased for the centerpieces, the color swatch for the hand-tied ribbon, ect. He was always very very friendly and always had time to talk and made me feel 100% sure we hired the right company. If you are looking for a flowist in Tampa I HIGHLY recommend them! The prices are great and the customer service will blow you away.
Cigar Roller
Arnold with Serafin Cigars ~ A+
Arnold was willing to work with our budget. He was great with returing my emails very promptly. We hired him atleast a year in advance like most of our vendors and we did not meet him in person or sign a contract which made me very nervous coming up to our wedding day because this was something we were really looking forward to at our wedding. I would email him periodically over the year just to make sure everything was still set and he was always very reasuring and friendly.
DJ
John with Jammin' with John ~ A+
John was great at keeping the flow of the reception going and making sure eveyrone was on the dance floor having a great time. He has his own lighting for the dance floor and stage area. His prices are great and his communication is great as well. He is a family friend so I dont want to go on too much and be bias. But I would defintely recommend him.
Catering
Julie with 3C's catering ~ A+++
Julie was great to work with! We meet with her several times to go over a few things. We also communicated alot through email which she responds to very quickly. The food was amazing and the prices were great! We did a pasta station for one of our entrees which the guest really seemed to enjoy.We hired a bartender through them as well and Julie was very honest as far as what would be worth hiring through them and what wouldn't. They did alot for us and we were shocked there were no additional charges. For example they cut and served our cake with no additional fees. The presentation of everything was great and for the price we were shocked just how much we got when compared to other companies out there.
Linens
Chris with Custom Linen Rentals ~ A
Chris was great to work with. We met with him once in person to go over the colors and fabric. We did make some last mintue changes and thankfully he had no problems and was able to do what we needed.
I think that is everything sorry they are so long 